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150 Howden Road
Location Map
Establishing shot of the original project.
2009 Update: In 2009, the second, much longer west facing wall was also painted by the students, this time with the assistance of Muralist Michael St. Hilaire. These can be seen in photos 11 through 14.
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Location: fence along schoolyard
Occupant: Ecole Howden
District: St. Boniface
Neighbourhood: Windsor Park
Artist(s): Paul Ullrich, Michel Saint Hilaire (2009 extension by Michel St. Hilaire)
Year: 1998
Sponsors: Louis Riel School Division, École Howden Parent Advisory Council, Take Pride Winnipeg!, Canadian Tire, Canad Inns, Kleysen Group, A. Nanka Builders
Painters: Howden School Students
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2009 Update: In 2009, the second, much longer west facing wall was also painted by the
students, this time with the assistance of Muralist Michael St. Hilaire. These can be seen
in photos 11 through 14.
Original notes follow:
Paul Ullrich: "The job at Ecole Howden was probably the most enjoyable Mural
experience I ever had. It was a wonderful time working there; great people, great school.
Of course, I was not working with my own designs but the designs of the students.
Students from different grades would submit designs for the mural panels, and a jury
would pick which ones they liked. I was on the jury; Tom Ethans (executive director,
Take Pride Winnipeg) was on the jury, and a couple of the teachers from Ecole Howden
and we picked out the best designs to go on each of these panels. The jury selections
were done on February and in May of 1998 we started work on the wall."
"There was a very physical part to this work in that the wall is not close to the school or
the street, and I would get there is early as I could and I would have to lug all the stuff
(paint and supplies) all the way back and forth every day. And there was no shade at all."
"But it was a great group! Not only did the students help, but that was a parent-teacher
organization as well. So the Moms came too, and they were a great help. We worked out
a system where the only students that painted were from grades three and up. For the
students in grade two and under, they did their hands and paint and put their handprints
on the wall to make the border."
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